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Mr. Kazuki Morimoto

Associate Professor in Japanese

Summary: I have been teaching Japanese to all year levels at the University of Leeds since 2005. I am also the Japanese Year Abroad Tutor and responsible for the pre-departure guidance & pastoral care in Japan

Location: Michael Sadler Building 4.19

Overview

1. Biography

森本一樹（リーズ大学、日本語学科）

Having taught Japanese in the United States for three years while completed the MA in teaching Japanese as a foreign language, I moved to the UK in 2000. From 2000 to 2005 I was a Japanese language instructor at the University of Durham and responsible for teaching upper-level Japanese courses, as well as a teaching methodology module for the MA Teaching Japanese as a Second Language.

Since I joined the East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds in 2005, I have been teaching Japanese to both undergraduate and postgraduate students across the levels. Currently, I am also the Japanese Year Abroad Tutor and responsible for the pre-departure guidance and pastoral care in Japan.

Education

MA in Asian Civilization, TJFL (Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language), University of Iowa, USA

BA in Commerce, Doshisha University, Japan

Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, accredited by the Higher Education Acadeny

April 2016, "The study of error analysis based on the written corpus of learners of Japanese at the University of Leeds", International Center for Japanese Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

August 2014, "How do post-beginners feel about their experience of learning Japanese at a university? ― from a motivational point of view", The 14th EAJS Conference at University of Ljubljana.

August 2013, "How can 'early-learning-stage strugglers' of Japanese catch up? ―from a perspective of learning strategies", The 16th BATJ Annual Conference at University of Nottingham.

June 2013, "Case Study: Translation at Leeds University", BATJ Early Summer Conference - Translation in Japanese Language Teaching at University of Edinburgh.

March 2011, Invited talk "The Japanese education in the UK: current situations and future tasks", International Workshop for Japanese Learners Corpus and Error Analysis" at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

September 2010, "Teaching translation into the second language via the Wiki tool of the Blackboard", Language for 21st Century: Training, Impact and Influence by the Higher Education Academy at University of Sheffield

September 2010, "The use of grammar and vocabulary in English-Japanese translations and Japanese compositions written by intermediate-advanced learners", The 13th BATJ Annual Conference at University of Reading

January 2009, "What can we learn from the training programme for teachers of Japanese in Europe (Alsace Study Programme in July 2008)? ", The BATJ Workshop at The Japan Foundation London Language Centre

March 2007, "Japan: Society, History and Culture", Japanese Culture Workshop at Trinity & All Saints in Leeds

September 2005, "Learner's response to teacher's explicit and less explicit written feedback on their compositions", The 8th BATJ Annual Conference at Cardiff University

September 2003, "Teaching Intermediate Writing", The 6th BATJ Annual Conference at SOAS, University of London

September 2002, "Advanced Writing: Project essay", The 5th BATJ Annual Conference at University of Manchester

January 2001, "Advanced Writing", BATJ Workshop at University of Durham